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How do you operationalize OpenStack?

So after “living with OpenStack” for a couple months now, I’ve been taking notes and such, figured I’d share them. This view is from a managed services environment, but an enterprise view would be ok as well. Our OpenStack architecture cannot, and will-not look like our Vmware architecture where each hypervisor node also provides storage, […]

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OpenStack cloud-init cannot contact or ping 169.254.169.254 to establish meta-data connection – fix

Using OpenStack Open vSwitch with VLAN’s removes a lot of the trickery involved with using public and private IP’s. That way each VM gets it’s own real IP address assigned to it. In this case, our network layout looks as such: That being said, the VM’s still need a way to get back to 169.254.169.254 […]

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Posted in Cloud, Cloud-Init, Linux, Networking, Neutron, Open Stack | 2 Comments »

vCloud Automation Center 6.0 Installation fails with error code 1603 – Fix

So during my IAAS installation of vCloud Automation Center 6.0 (vCAC), I was getting the error during the installation saying: VCAC Server Setup Installation Failed, ExitCode:1603 After digging and digging, I realized that .NET Framework 4.5.1 was installed. So as a hunch, I uninstalled .NET Framework 4.5.1 and re-installed it from the IIAS installation URL […]

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Microsoft announces their support and contribution to the OpenCompute project

On the brink of Open Compute Project Summit 2040 (OCP Summit V) starting tomorrow morning, Microsoft today announced the contribution of their cloud server designs to the Open Compute Project. Interestingly enough, Bill Laing was scheduled to present a keynote tomorrow at the summit. This was surprising to me as Microsoft has been traditionally quiet about elaboration […]

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